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Arrah population.Households, literacy and work. Primary Census Abstract for this town in Bihar, using 2011 geography.
Historical geographic unit. Census 2011 town boundary and classification. The primary total is the single published town row. This is not a present-day population or an urban-agglomeration total.
Population 261,430 people
Households 39,274 PCA households
Literacy rate 81.15% % of people aged 7+
Work participation 25.21% % of all residents
Population, children, literacy and work by sex Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Indicator · Census 2011 Total Males Females Populationpeople 261,430 138,804 122,626 Children aged 0–6people aged 0–6 36,499 19,357 17,142 Literate populationliterate people aged 7+ 182,540 103,524 79,016 Literacy rate% of the corresponding population aged 7+ 81.15% 86.67% 74.91% Scheduled Castes populationpeople 25,474 13,418 12,056 Scheduled Tribes populationpeople 956 499 457 Total workersCensus workers 65,913 57,769 8,144 Work participation rate% of the corresponding total population 25.21% 41.62% 6.64% Main workersworked at least 6 months 53,763 48,269 5,494 Marginal workersworked less than 6 months 12,150 9,500 2,650 Non-workerspeople 195,517 81,035 114,482
Percentages use the denominator shown in the table.
Census of India · original Primary Census Abstract Source access notes and archived workbooks
What stands out in this profile? Census 2011 recorded 39,274 households and 261,430 residents. Children aged 0–6 made up 13.96% of residents. Among people aged 7 and above, literacy was 86.67% for males and 74.91% for females. Of 65,913 workers, 81.57% were main workers. What kinds of work were recorded? Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Economic activity Main workers Marginal workers Cultivators 2,952 459 Agricultural labourers 3,918 2,376 Household industry workers 3,084 1,107 Other workers 43,809 8,208
The Census counts economic activity, including qualifying unpaid work.
Source components of this town Scroll the table sideways to see every column.
Published component District code Subdistrict code People Arrah (M Corp.) 231 01422 261,430
The profile combines non-overlapping source components.